jibing

Example Sentences

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On record, “Anything For Love” gets a knowing wink with in-studio jibing between Lipa and her producers; here she played it straight as a lofty piano ballad for the back seats on a floating riser.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2025

It came too close to the top mark after the first leg and at the bottom mark, the New Zealand boat Te Rehutai reared up on its foils, then crashed back after a jibing error.

From Washington Times • Dec. 18, 2020

As this happens, a small wheel will adjust the sails as the spacecraft tacks like a sailboat jibing into and away from the sun’s photons.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2019

Later, she decided to begin homeschooling her son—regular school “wasn’t jibing with his personality,” she says.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2013

Clouds and rain came up on the wind, which veered and gusted so wildly that there was considerable danger of the ship jibing.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin